Several Conservative MPs have publicly called for Boris Johnson to resign following the prime minister’s admission that he attended a Downing Street garden party during England’s first national lockdown.
The developments have prompted speculation that the 54 letters of no confidence needed to oust the PM could soon be reached.
Conservative Party rules state that at least 15% of Tory MPs must write a no-confidence letter to make a leadership challenge possible.
Live updates as more letters of no confidence in the PM are believed to have been submitted
This figure currently equates to 54 Conservative MPs needing to submit a letter to 1922 Committee chairman Sir Graham Brady.
Letters are handed in confidentially, so no accurate total of how many have been submitted to Sir Graham is publicly available.
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But here are the names of the Conservative MPs who have confirmed they have handed in a letter of no confidence so far:
Sir Roger Gale
In December, the MP for North Thanet became the first Conservative to declare he had submitted a letter of no confidence in the prime minister back in the middle of December.
Sir Roger, who has been a longstanding and vocal critic of the Mr Johnson, told the BBC: “I put in a letter to Sir Graham Brady after the Barnard Castle incident, because that gave a message to me that this was not the kind of leadership that I believe the Conservative Party needed.”
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Source : skynews
